CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB :: rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 14, 2026

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rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets

Module: CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB

OID (symbolic): CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB::rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets

OID (numeric): 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59.3.2.1.7

Node type: OBJECT-TYPE

Type: Counter32

Access: read-only

Description: The number of packets blocked by this filtering rule.

What is rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets?

This read-only Counter32 tallies the number of packets that this specific policy rule has blocked. An admin monitors this to see how much traffic a filtering rule is actively rejecting, useful for validating that a security or access-control rule is working as intended. For example, an admin who just deployed a new ACL rule to block a suspicious source would watch this counter increase to confirm the rule is catching that traffic.

Examples

Walk all instances (SNMPv2c):

snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59.3.2.1.7
snmpwalk -v2c -c public <target> CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB::rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets

Get a specific instance (index 1):

snmpget -v2c -c public <target> 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59.3.2.1.7.1
snmpget -v2c -c public <target> CISCOSB-POLICY-MIB::rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets.1

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How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Select a Cisco Small Business managed switch (CISCOSB series) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type rlPolicyRulesDroppedPackets into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. The number of packets blocked by this filtering rule. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Counter32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline, since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.

OID Breakdown

Upper-level ancestors (11 from the standard OID tree / other modules)
Numeric OIDNameModule
1isoLANART-AGENT
1.3orgAirPair-MIB
1.3.6dodAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1internetAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4privateAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1enterprisesAirPair-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9ciscoCAT2600-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6otherEnterprisesCISCO-SMI
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1ciscoSBCISCO-SMI
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101switch001CISCOSB-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59rlPolicyCISCOSB-MIB
Numeric OIDNameModule
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59.3rlPolicyRulesCISCOSB-POLICY-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59.3.2rlPolicyRulesTableCISCOSB-POLICY-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59.3.2.1rlPolicyRulesEntryCISCOSB-POLICY-MIB
1.3.6.1.4.1.9.6.1.101.59.3.2.1.7rlPolicyRulesDroppedPacketsCISCOSB-POLICY-MIB